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During the holiday season, it is really easy to give your spare change to whatever charity representative may be sitting outside of your local grocery or department store.

Charitable giving is something I promote for everyone, especially during the holidays. It is important that we help out those in need when they are unable to help themselves.

However, blindly donating to a charity just because they ask you for money and you want to make yourself feel better is not benefiting anyone. In our Internet-centric time, giving money to a charity that you know nothing about is inexcusable.

I said I wouldn’t do it. I said I wouldn’t give my two cents on the current polarizing issues of gun rights and violence in schools. But it seems as if I just can’t seem to quit absorbing the never-ending opinions after the massacre in Connecticut.

Nope. I went to too many Bulldog and Lady Techster games as a youngster where every game felt like a blowout. Why would I want to go to a university where they could not even get their athletics straight?

My Uncle Ray, a Tech alum, wanted so badly to have me attend his alma mater, but I refused based on the petty idea of sports being a factor.

But I went to Time Out For Tech, met one of my future mentors — Reginald Owens of the journalism department — and picked the best university in the world — and I truly believe it.

One of the things I love most about living in Ruston is how considerate and courteous people are here in the piney hills of North Louisiana.

That kindness shows in almost all phases of life but one. I was reminded of that several times yesterday.

The streets and roads of Lincoln Parish can be a danger zone if you don’t practice the most important rule of all: defensive driving. That’s unfortunately because some drivers can be outright offensive with their driving.